Embedded in the CAADP framework, and adopted in 2014, the Malabo Agenda was intended to contribute to implementing agriculture-led development on the continent that eliminates hunger, reduces poverty and food insecurity, and facilitates higher sustainable economic growth and development. In February 2024, the African Union presented the last report on... Read More

THE Eastern and Southern Africa Small Scale Farmers Forum (ESAFF) has urged the Ministry of Agriculture to incorporate agroecology-based food system transformations to ensure food sovereignty and resilience in the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) strategy and action plan for 2026-2035.   Joe Mzinga, ESAFF Regional Coordinator, made this... Read More

The World Rural Forum, through a participative and inclusive process, has articulated a Statement emphasizing the imperative need for global recognition of family farmers catalytic role. The climate crisis is severely affecting millions of family farmers around the world. Frequent and intense droughts, floods, tropical cyclones, storms, heat waves, rising... Read More

An analysis of international public finance for climate mitigation and adaptation conducted by Climate Focus for farmers networks representing over 35 million small-scale producers in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Pacific. Download the analysis here

Whereas a regional dialogue for non-state actors (NSAs) on the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) for 2020-2030 was held on 13 to 14 September 2023, under the theme Accelerating SADC’s Development through the Socially Accountable Generation and Use of Public Resources, co-convened by Southern... Read More

Regional civil society organisations continue pushing for accountability across southern Africa Johannesburg, South Africa On 13th and 14th September, civil society organisations from across southern Africa will meet online and parallel gatherings across six different locations (Johannesburg, Dodoma, Harare, Lilongwe, Lusaka, and Maputo to assess the progress of the Southern... Read More